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Hydroplane racing champion Steve David has been named Interim Chairman of H1 Unlimited, governing body for Unlimited hydroplane racing, following the exit of former chairman Sam Cole.
David confirmed the development to The Trimble Banner on Saturday night, Sept. 13, in the middle of San Diego Bayfair race weekend where the Unlimiteds are racing on Mission Bay in southern California.
Rumors of Cole's impending exit had surfaced weeks ago when the Unlimiteds were racing in the Tri-Cities, Wash. Cole had served as chairman of organization for the past decade.

(Milton, KY) - One person was killed this morning in a crash on Highway 36 in Trimble County. Kentucky State Police dispatchers received a call of the crash at 7:55 a.m. Preliminary investigation shows that a mini-van, driven by 21 year old Jennifer Lundergan of Huntingburg, Ind., was traveling toward Milton on Highway 36 when she attempted to pass another vehicle in very foggy conditions. Lundergan's van crashed head-on into a car driven by 41 year old Miachel Hancock-Eccles of Madison, Ind.

By TODD POLLOCK
Special to The Trimble Banner
The hot topic at last week’s meeting of the Trimble County Board of Education was a vacancy the retirement of Evon Horn has presented for the second grade class at Bedford Elementary. To date, the board has not named a replacement for Mrs. Horn. A couple of teachers and some concerned parents were at the meeting to discuss this with the members of the board. The concern is such that there will be too many students in a classroom unless the board agrees to hire a replacement to fill the void.

By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
The Bedford City Commission approved a bid from local contractor Chris Bell to repair sections of sidewalks in the city during their regular monthly meeting last week. Commissioner Harold Greene said there are three areas in Bedford where sidewalks had deteriorated to the point of needing to be replaced.

By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
Trimble County Fiscal Court approved a resolution allowing the Trimble County Water District No. 1 to seek a grant through the Department of Homeland Security for improvements to the water system. The vote came during last week’s regular monthly meeting of the magistrates. Randy Stevens, Water District manager, informed the magistrates that the deadline to file for the grant is June 30.

The Milton Boat Ramp will be closed today and tomorrow (June 2 and 3) for milling and resurfacing as part of the Milton-Madison Bridge Project, according to Andrea Clifford, public information officer for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. “We apologize for the short notice and any inconvenience,” Clifford said in a release.

Contract crews will also be paving on High Street in Milton the next two days.

In a special meeting Tuesday, the Bedford City Commission discussed illegal parking on city streets and extended a warning to local motorists not to park vehicles in the middle of streets or in areas designated as “no parking zones.” Citizens should not park where they are obstructing traffic, the commission said.
Commissioner Harold Greene told his fellow commissioners that he had received complaints about vehicles being parked in a no parking zone on the corner of Church Street near the Property Valuation Administrator’s office.

By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
Now that residents of Trimble County have a new bridge spanning the Ohio River into Indiana, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials have announced plans to resurface U.S. 421 from the bridge south to the triangular intersection with U.S. 42 in front of The Trimble Banner office in Bedford.